Alpha's Blind Luna



It has been a week and I never felt so angry before. I was already frustrated being away from Ezekiel for so long. We spoke over the phone every night but I couldn't vent my frustration with always feeling like I was going to be overheard. Text ranting was not something I was inclined to do. I wasn't a teenager and I could handle this myself but damn, did I start to hate everything in this whole situation.

This pack was treating me like shit. First, I was told dinner was at a specific time and when I showed up, they had already eaten and there was none left. Then, I tried to train with their warriors but they decided they would be able to beat me too easily and said that they don't allow outsiders to train with them. The next thing that got under my skin was a look at Mark's room. He had a huge queen or king size bed and his room even had a couch in it. I happened to pass by while he was exiting and I never felt so irritated in my whole life.

Sure, I might be complaining for nothing. Maybe I'm being a spoiled brat because I have been treated as a king most of my life but that wasn't really the case when I was at home or the High Council. At the High council, I was treated with a least some decency and respect but also we were equally trying to make the world better. At home, I was just Vale. The kid who sole pieces of cake out of the fridge and never felt like I was good enough to stand next to my father.

However, this pack didn't even treat me with any respect of even an Alpha. It pissed me off to the point where I started to avidly avoid any and all members unless I needed to be in a meeting. Which somehow were always finishing up when I showed up. Today wasn't any different as I was looking for Beta Joshua who was supposed to show me around the territory. I could go myself and just run for it but I didn't want to spook any of the other warriors along the edge of the territory. Of course, 9 a.m. rolled around and nothing. Now it was almost 10 a.m. and I decided to hunt him down. 'Just don't murder him when you finally find him.' Naresh chuckled.

I wrinkled my nose. Naresh was now just poking fun at my state. At first, he kept reminding me that he told me so, but then it turned into him enjoying watching me go through this frustration.

'One thing I won't do is slow my ass down just because he wasn't there to jog around the border. He can keep up or he can fall behind. I've had enough of this shit. What I would love to just loosen the flood gates and let them all fall to their knees.' I growled, stomping through the hallway.

I had smelled the Beta around here recently. He had a particular, 'I don't like to bath after training' smell that I had come to ignore. It did make him easier to track down. Going into the kitchen, I saw the back of his head down the hallway and I stomped after him. My jaw was set and I saw him hurriedly make a right turn down the hallway. Was this asshole avoiding me? Seriously? Picking up my pace, I continued my chase as he wove through the castle but as soon as I made another right, I stared at an end of a hallway.novelbin

Blinking, I looked around and only saw two doors on the right hand side. I opened both, one being an empty closet. The second being an unused bedroom, still larger than the one I had. Even less dusty than the one I had. My lips pursed together as I paced the hallway. His scent came down this way but it just stopped. Looking at the left wall, I wondered if maybe there was a secret passage in this old castle.

'It wouldn't hurt to stake it out. If he really wasn't avoiding you, but avoiding everyone, it would seem, we might find out something they are hiding.' Naresh suddenly very interested and stepped forward.

I agreed and slipped into the bedroom.

'No! Go in the closet!'

'What?' I hissed. 'I can barely fit in that, Naresh!'

He nodded. 'Exactly. They are going to smell that you came down here. What they won't expect is that your hiding in the tiny closet.'

I sighed. 'Sometimes, I think these ideas are to punish me.'

Naresh chuckled. 'Some smart ideas have bonuses.'

'Alright genius, how are we supposed to see out the door?'

Naresh shrugged and I threw up my hands. Looking at the closet, I noticed that while the bedroom had a raised floor of carpet, the closet did not. However, the doors to each of the rooms were level. It left about a half and inch between the floor the bottom of the door. Smiling, I slipped into the closet and closed the door behind me. As rough as it was, I managed to cram myself into it. Pulling out my phone, I pulled up the video and put the phone on the floor. The camera on the back of the phone just managed to look out under the small slit.

'Smart.' Naresh nodded in approval.

I rolled my eyes but tried to adjust myself as best I could to see the phone screen. After a few minutes, I realized it would be nearly impossible. So instead, I hit the record button and held the phone against the door with my foot. Waiting in the small closet was nearly unbearable. It was hot and tight and dark and I was over it after a couple minutes.

Finally, I heard scraping outside and grumbling. I didn't dare move for fear of my phone falling or making any sound. Another door shut quietly and I held my breath. I slowed my heartbeat, praying that he would be too distracted to listen intently. Or somehow that the stone made more noise than my heart would. My whole body froze when I heard the door next to me open. For the first time in a long time I prayed to the Goddess for something, anything, to distract the Beta.

"Yeah yeah. I got it. Suddenly, I have to be at the beck and call of the fucking High Councilor." I heard Joshua huff out, slamming the door shut.

I waited for a few minutes before I finally let out the breath I was holding. Reaching down, I grabbed my phone and pulled up the video. Skipping through most of it because it had taken him a while to come back out, I finally saw the stones in the seemingly solid wall, open up. The Beta got out, and shut the door behind him. His head perked up and he sniffed around, probably smelling me before he left the camera's view. It was enough though. There was a secret door. The question was, how to open it.

Quietly and slowly, I opened up the door and peaked out. There was no one in the hallway and I finally opened the door fully and stretched. Rolling my shoulders, I looked at the wall opposite of me. Looking down at the phone and where the line of the stone door was, it was imperceptible to the eye or touch. I started to touch every stone on either side of the door, thinking one of them maybe was a mechanism to open the door.

After a good ten minutes, I had touched just about every rock on the damn wall. Nothing. I looked at the time and sighed. This would need to wait. As I walked back down the hallways, I drew a quick map on my phones notepad as I went until I got back to the kitchen. Not everyone was back yet for lunch but I sat down on one of the chairs at the dining table, looking over my phone as I fixed some of the hallways.

"Vale, where have you been?"

I took a deep breath and plastered a smile on my face. "Waiting for Beta Joshua to show me around the territory. Apparently though, I'll need to go alone since he didn't show up."

Mark eyed me and sat down across from me. "Well, you could be a bit more assertive."

"Excuse me for assuming a Beta would keep an appointment. I guess I'm used to decent leadership in packs." I growled out the last part low enough that only Mark could hear.

"Watch yourself, Vale. We are on their territory."

This time, I laughed out loud, drawing looks from the other wolves sitting at the table. "Please, Mark. Don't insult me. Not a single one of them or you, for that matter, could touch me."

"Oh, because your the Alpha King?" His mocking tone made me smile wickedly.

"Oh no, I wouldn't need to even use my strength as Alpha King, Mark. I could easily beat the shit out of you without using a single ounce of my power." I shook my head. "The worst thing you could do is underestimate the person across from you."

Mark's eyebrow rose. "Aren't we on the same side, Vale?"

Looking up, I thanked the omega who put food down in front of me. He seemed a little stunned I thanked him and he bowed, moving away quickly. "Of course we are. Until you decide to undermine me and my decisions. Keep in mind, High Councilor Mark..." I held up my fork and looked at the skewered piece of meat on it before looking back at him in the eyes. "...you answer to me. You will always answer to me. As a werewolf, pack or otherwise. I make the decisions and I have the strength to back them up. Try not to forget that." Flashing him a smile, I took the bite of meat.

He shifted in his seat, suddenly uncomfortable with the serious tone I was taking. Considering it was the first time I had done so in front of him, I expected it. Naresh was gleeful and wanted to let loose some of our power but I told him no.

'There will be a moment, a moment that will come and we need all of them to bow before us. We'll know when that moment comes and when it does, we are releasing all of it.'

Naresh chuckled and nodded, happy to be able to have an end goal. 'But first, we need to find out now to open that wall.' 'Agreed.'

I stared at the wall. It was day three of looking at these damn stones. Still I hadn't been able to figure it out. Hitting and kicking them didn't seem to do anything. I knew where the door was but there was nothing that indicated a keyhole for a key. I just couldn't understand it. Over and over I had watched the video but there was no answer on how to open it.

'What if there is a mechanism? Like a ma or something?' Naresh theorized.

Angry, I shook my head and turned around, leaning against the wall between the two doors. We were missing something. Something stupid. Looking at the right wall, I looked around the wall, trying to see if anything looked different. If there could be something that was odd that was sticking out. Each wall had a mounted light for the hallways. It was modern and all of the hallways had them. I already checked the ones on the opposite wall, but I reached up and tried the one between both the rooms.

The light at first didn't budge but I heard a click as I pulled more. The light dropped down and then snapped back into place. My eyes widened as I turned around, the door opened and the scent of death hit me like a truck. What the hell?